Day 160 - 21 Jul 95 - Page 12
1 Q. You are not paid for breaks now?
2 A. Yes, I am, yes.
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4 Q. You are paid for breaks?
5 A. Yes, I am.
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7 Q. Do you remember when there was a time when the Company
8 changed over from paid breaks to unpaid breaks?
9 A. I am not quite certain of the year. I know I had
10 completed five years then.
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12 Q. You had completed five years?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. I think it was in the middle of the 80s. So when the
16 Company changed over to unpaid breaks, what happened in
17 your store then?
18 A. Well, what do you mean?
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20 Q. Do you remember?
21 A. What happened? What do you mean, what happened?
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why not -----
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25 MR. MORRIS: What happened to you? Did you say: "I do not want
26 to change over to unpaid breaks"?
27 A. No, it was stated on the memo that if you had worked
28 over five years, five years and over, you would still be
29 paid for your breaks.
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31 Q. Sorry, I did not get any of this down. Would you just hold
32 on a second? So the people that had been less than five
33 years at the Company, was it the case that they changed
34 over to unpaid breaks at that time?
35 A. Yes.
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37 Q. So I presume at your store you must be the only one, maybe
38 one or two, that are still being paid for breaks?
39 A. Probably, yes, not quite sure; it might be quite a
40 few. I am not really sure.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you actually know?
43 A. No, I do not think there would be, no.
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45 MR. MORRIS: Because they would have to have been there
46 something like 15 years?
47 A. No.
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49 Q. You said that you cook?
50 A. I used to.
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52 Q. At home?
53 A. I cook at home, yes, certainly.
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55 Q. Your husband likes you to cook for him?
56 A. Yes, he is no cook!
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58 Q. He is not a very good cook?
59 A. No, he does not like cooking.
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